I got a developer key -- now what? :)

[Mitch Bradley]

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Chris Ball wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>>    > I signed up for a developer key, so I have one now. But what can I
>>    > do with it?
>>    
>> You can do anything that you'd expect to do with a standard laptop;
>> install any operating system, and flash a new BIOS.
>>
>>    > How can I be sure I'm not going to nuke the XO beyond all recovery?
>>    > Is there some kind of documentation on what's risky and what's
>>    > safe?
>>
>> You're safe no matter what you do to the NAND, because the firmware can
>> flash a new NAND image from USB.  If you want to be sure of not bricking
>> it, you should avoid flashing firmware that isn't signed by OLPC.
>>
>> - Chris.
>>     
>
> Ah ... OK. I have the procedure for flashing the NAND, but I haven't
> seen one for flashing the firmware. Is that documented somewhere?
>   

It is documented on the release page for each firmware version.  See the 
Installation section of:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_q2d07


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